KINGSLEY COMAN might play for one of the best clubs and the reigning World Cup winners – but he is proud to support a team in England’s third tier.
The Bayern Munich winger says he is a fan of Ian Evatt’s Bolton Wanderers, who finished ninth in League One least season.
Kingsley Coman grew up watching Bolton stars like fellow Frenchman Nicolas Anelka, pictured scoring against Manchester United in 2007Action Images - Reuters
The 40-cap France star made the revelation when quizzed by ESPN about his allegiance to British sides.
When asked which team in the UK he supports, he replied with an eye-brow raise and a chuckle: “Bolton!”
And when pressed as to why he had picked the Trotters, he added: “Because I liked this team when I was young.”
Coman is 26-years-old so it is likely his love for the Trotters was forged during their top-flight days between 1995 and 2012.
More specifically, his fondness for the fallen northern giants was probably cemented by watching Sam Allardyce‘s vintage side of the early and mid 2000s.
Big Sam built a swash-buckling Wanderers Prem side which was a match for anyone on their day.
They became many fans’ favourite ‘second team’ with a line-up which featured thrill-a-minute Nigerian Jay-Jay Okocha and former Real Madrid maestro Ivan Campo.
Throw into the mix, 82-cap France playmaker Youri Djorkaeff, and mercurial French moaner Nicolas Anelka – and Coman’s loyalty starts to make sense.
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